From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Large Executables
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 15:35:35 -0500, "Dustin" <dustin AT rockhill DOT org>
wrote:

>I am having a problem with my .exe files created by djgpp being
>really large... Does anyone know how to make it smaller??

A full explanation is in DJGPP FAQ 8.14.  You could start by
downloading UPX from http://upx.tsx.org/
UPX strips out debugging symbols and compresses what's left.

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